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50 4000 X-Series Oscilloscopes Advanced Training Guide
3 Advanced Triggering, Search & Navigation, and Segmented Acquisition Labs
21 Set the Current Segment to 500 and note the time-tag of the last captured
segment.
Segmented Memory optimizes oscilloscope acquisition memory by only
capturing important segments of a waveform based on the trigger
condition and timebase setting. In this example, we have selectively
captured 500 consecutive occurrences of this burst for a total acquisition
time of than 40 ms as shown in Figure 28. The scope did not waste
valuable acquisition memory capturing signal idle time between each burst.
But the scope does provide us with timing information about the time of
each segment relative to the first captured segment. As you were reviewing
each captured segment, you should have determined the glitch occurs
every on 40th occurrence of the burst.
Figure 28 Using the scope’s Segmented Memory acquisition to selectively capture 500
consecutive occurrences of a burst of pulses.